BUILT-ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION ADVISORY · VANCOUVER
A third of the
problem.
None of the
attention.
The built environment — where buildings, capital, and regulation meet. Strategic advisory for the people who own it, build it, and occupy it.
A third of global emissions come from the built environment
It's also nearly half of all material extraction worldwide. And about half the buildings that will exist in 2050 haven't been built or renovated yet — so most of that footprint hasn’t been committed yet.
UNEP Global Status Report, Buildings & Construction, 2025–2026
OUR SOLUTIONS
Advisory across the life of a building — from what to build, to what it costs to keep it.
Net Zero & Decarbonization: Costed, sequenced plans to cut emissions on a building or portfolio.
Regulatory Exposure Review: Where an asset stands against current and incoming building performance requirements, and when each one lands.
Sustainable Building Design & Operations: Performance targets set at design and held through construction and operation.
Property Due Diligence: What an asset is exposed to before acquisition or refinancing, and what it costs to fix.
Green Finance & Grants: Advising on sustainable finance mechanisms, including green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, grant capital, and the financial viability of low-carbon buildings.
Climate Risk Screening: Physical risk to a property, with the capital budget to address it.
Certification & Performance Strategy: Which standards are worth pursuing on an asset, and which are expensive decoration.
Procurement & Materials: Low-carbon selection and specification for concrete, steel and envelope.
ESG Strategy & Reporting: Building data and analysis for lender, investor and board reporting.
Development & Project Management: Running the sustainability workstream through delivery, from target-setting to occupancy.
THE METHOD
The do-nothing
number.
Every engagement starts with a dated dollar cost of inaction — what waiting actually costs this asset, on this timeline, under these rules.
No scope is written without it. If we can't quantify what waiting costs, there's nothing to advise on yet.
THE PRACTICE
It’s always a building.
The asset class changes. The questions don't. A tower in Vancouver, a flagship in Milan, a resort, a stadium — same three moves, in order.
Diagnose
01
Establish where things actually stand — against the regulation, the financing, and the deadline already moving.
Quantify
02
Cost the work in order against the deadlines that apply.
Turn the plan into decisions that hold — in underwriting, in design, in delivery, and in the report that leaves the building.
Embed
03
WHERE THIS APPLIES
Development & residential | Office & Commercial |
Retail & brand estate | Hospitality | Sport & venues
The list grows. The method doesn’t.
Based in Vancouver. I work wherever the building is.
Engagement · Advisory & retainer — Project basis — Research & benchmarking — Speaking
THE METHOD ON A LIVE PROJECT
What this looks like on an actual building
Every jurisdiction with a tightening code and an incentive program produces the same arithmetic. The upgrade costs something, the programs pay some of it back, and the market prices the difference.
Building past code, and getting paid for it
A 12-unit residential development in British Columbia. Two phases, in permit now, documented in real time.
45%
better energy performance than the code reference
EL-4
top level of the Zero Carbon Step Code
25%
of buyers' mortgage insurance premium refunded
12 UNITS · 2 PHASES (8 + 4) · ENERGY STEP CODE 4 · ZERO CARBON EL-4
Phase 1 (8 units) in permit application · Phase 2 (4 units) in design
ENQUIRE
Every building starts from a different position. The first conversation is about what it costs to wait.